Hello, I'm not Sarah McLachlan, and I'm here to tell you the subject of this week's comic is no laughing matter.

Starfish Wasting Syndrome has killed tens of thousands of sea stars on the Pacific coast -- and no one knows why. After showing symptoms, the star fish will twist into knots, then the individual arms will crawl away until the body tears apart.

So remember: even if it does sound like a body horror episode of a certain underwater cartoon show, think of the starfish.